Knitted fabric



F. P. WALTER. KNITTED FABRIC. v v APPLICATION FILED Jug/24,1920. 1 ,4073343. wd Fe 21, 1922.

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F. P. WALTER.

KNITTED FABRIC.

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UNITED stars A ATE r Q FIQ FREDERICK IE. WALTER, 0F. oswneo, NEW XOR-K, Asslenon on one-r3131 3Q} FBEDERIC coNDnANnonE-Enrm T0 FREDERICK asennlvtrzowgno'rrt on OSWEGO, YORK.

'17 0 rzll'whom it may concern 7 ing at Oswego, in the. county of Oswego,

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Knitted Fabrics, of: which: the following is a description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful.

improvements in knitted. fabrics and the process of forming the same, and moreparticularly to a knitted fabriccomposed of two inter-connected knitted webs. i

, An. object of the invention is to provide a knitted. fabric. of the above characterwherein the faces of the knitted webs; are similar in appearance so that there. is no right or wrong side to the knitted fabric. 7

A further -object of the invention is to provide a knitted fabric ofthe above. characterwherein the faces. of the knittedwebs havethe appearanceof plainiflat knitting.

A'still further object of the invention is to provide. a knitted: fabricof the above 7 ing the two connected webs forming the fabric, and the arrangements of the loops in the Webs;

. Fig. 2is a diagrammatic view showing one face of the fabrieand the arrangement of the loops; 7

. Flg. 3 1s a d agrammatlc view showlng two banks of needles and the particular needles to which yarn isfed "at one yarn feed'- 7 1 Figures 4, 5,6, 7 and 8 are similar views showing the needles fed by the respective yerf ds. n. u es ion.-

Ijn carrying out my .improvedprocess of forming knitted fabrics, and in the making my improved knittedfabric embodying the invention, I prefer to use a circular knittingj machine consisting of bank of radial needles, and a bank of cylinder Be. it known thatIQFREDERIoK P; WAn-l TER, a. citizen. of the United' States,resid-,

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needles which are disposed so, as to be reciprocated: in a direction at. right angles to the radial. needles. Thereare the same numbergof radial needles as cylinder nee-. dles, and these" need1es are associated-1n.

pairs and: disposed sothat aradial needle passes very close to a. cylinder needle. as distinguished fromthe needles being one behindthe other.- This isa greatadvantage in the. operation of the machine as. it-gives the operator a clear view of all of the nee; 'dles.

There are six yarn feeds, each supplying an independent yarn to the needles.

Therejare'cams associated with each yarn feed which manipulate the needles so -as to produce my new fabric.

dles are indicated at 1, 3, 5, 7,9. etc}, while the cylinder nee'dles'are indicatedatfl, 4, 6,

In Figures?) to 8,-in'clus1ve, the dial neeposition and likewise alternating needles in f the cylinder arebrought into. knitting posi tion. The alternate needlesin the cylinder which are active at this time, are closely disposed relative to the alternateneedles in the dial and the. yarn is laid therefor into the pair of needles, l-- 2, and thenuinto the pair of needles '5-.6', and then into thepair of needles 9-10. jAt'the"'next yarnfeed,

the cams are so "constructed as. to project all the dial. needlesinto operative position, while all; the cylinder needles are "inactive, merely holding the loops whichlare in the same. Therefore, at this yarn feed, the yarn will .be laid into the needles 1,13,- 5,I;7-, 9-,

etc. At the. next yarn .feed, the cams are soqconstructed that the dial needles are. idle while all thecylinder needles are raised to operative position and the yarn'i's laid into the needles 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, et;c.., as shown in Fig. 5 At the ;neXt yarn feed, the-"cams are so constructedas to bring into o'perae tive position the pairs of needles in the dial and cylinder which were idle when the yarn 1 was knit,as indicated in Fig.3; A varn 1s now laid into the needle.s8-4, 78, 11 12-, etc. 'At the next yarn feed, the cams are so constructedfas to bring the-,dial needles into. operative. position" as indicated in Fig. 7, and at the next yarn feed, the cylinder needles are brought into active position as indicated in Fig. 8. From the above, it willbe apparent that my improved process of lmitting a fabric having two Webs consists in forming a series of loops on all theneedles of one of two associated groups ofsnedles, then forming a series of loops on all of the needles of the'other associated group of needles, and then forming a series of cross course loops alternately and on alternate needles of first one group and then the other; then knitting a series of loops on all the needles in one group, and then a series of loops on all of the needles of the other group, and then a series of loopson the needles which are idle in the respective groups during the first cross course knitting.

From the above it will be apparent that my improved fabric is knitted from six yarns, two of which form flat knitting in one web of the fabric, that is, the loops formed as shown in Figures 4. and .7, while two more of the yarns form flat knitting in the other web of the fabric, that is, the knitting as indicated in Figures and 8. The other two yarns form cross knitting which join the two fabrics, and these yarns are so disposed as to be interlooped respectively by alternate pairs of needles, thus when the six y: rns are fed into a course or rather 'six courses, the loops in each wale will be the same in number. The structure and appearance of the fabric resulting from the above process of knitting will be plain from Figures 1 and 2. The two webs are indicated at A and The web A consists of a course of flat knitting a, and there is a substantially opposed course of fiat knitting b in the web B. There is next a course of cross knitting indicated at 0, wherein alternate pairs of loops in the two webs are engaged. There is then a course of fiat knitting (Z in the web A which engages all the loops, and a Similar course of'liatknitting e in the web B which engages alljthe loops in that web. There is then a course of cross knitting f which engages alternate pairs of loops in the two webs and the pairs of loopsinterinediate those engaged by the cross'thread, 0. This is followed by a flat course of knittinginthe web A and an opposed course of flat knitting in the web B, then cross knitting, and so on.

It will be apparent from the above that the yarn which forms the flat knitting in oneweb may be of one color, while the yarn forming the flat knitting in the other web may bepf another color, and therefore, in the resulting fabric, the two faces will be in part of 'dili 'erent-colorsi The cross yarns may still be of a different color, and the result will be diagonal arrangement of the loops in the cross'threadwhich appear on the opp'Ositefaces of the fabric; f The cross yarns,

on the other hand, maybe of the same color as" the yarn forming one face of the fabric, whichwould result in a fabric. wherein one 7 is'one solid color. By using: different g v weasel;

improvement consists, not only his. knitted I fabric, but also in the'newprocess for forming the knitted fabric.

' While I have described my improved fabric as consisting of six courses knit inthe manner stated, it will be obvious of course that any multiple of six may the same result accomplished.

lrlaving thus described the invention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Lettersdatent, is

l. A. knitted fabric composed of two webs containing independent opposed flat knit courses, a cross knit course connecting the loops incertain of the walesin the flat knit courses, otherindependent opposed flat knit courses engaging the loops in each Wale, and a cross knit course connecting the loops in the remaining wales in the flat knit courses.

The process of lmitting fabric consisting of forming a series of loops on allthe needles of a group, then forming a series of independent loops on all the needles of 'another group, then forming a series'of cross. course loops alternately on certain of the needles first of one group and thenthe other, then forming a series of loops on all the needles of one group, and then a series :of loops on all the needles of the other group, and then a series of loops alternately on the needles first of one group and then the other which needles were idle during'the first cross course of knitting. I

3. The process of knitting a fabric having f two webs which consists in forming a series of loops on all the needles of one oftwo associated groups of needles, then forming a series of loops on all the needlesofthe othor associated group of needles, then forming a series of cross course loops alternately and on alternate needles'of first one group and then theother, the yarn between alternate loops in said course passing between adjacent idle needles in the respective groups of needles, then knitting a series of loops on all then'eedles of one group and then series be used, and

of loops on all the needles of the other group,

andthen a series of loops' on the needles .which are idle inthe respective groupsd11r- FREDERICK P. WALTER. 

